Hard Shoulder Running

John Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 10 January 2006, Official Report, column 495W, what the timetable for the decision-making process on the introduction of hard shoulder running is; and what the schedule is for rolling out the programme.

Stephen Ladyman: There is little I can add to my previous answer.
	Controlled use of the hard shoulder during peak periods of traffic congestion is due to be implemented on the M42 in the West Midlands by March 2007 as part of the Highways Agency's Active Traffic Management pilot. In order to establish fully the effectiveness of these measures, the project will be monitored over a three-year period. Initial conclusions from operation of the scheme will be reviewed in 2008, but in the meantime, it would be premature to develop a programme for the wider use of further hard shoulder running.

List 99

David Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which offences require her to determine whether a person should be included on List 99.

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 
	(1)  what action she has taken to ensure that schools (a) employing and (b) considering employing people who are on (i) List 99 and (ii) the Sex Offenders Register are made aware of their status.
	(2)  what criteria she uses when deciding whether to give someone on List 99 permission to work with children.

Ruth Kelly: My statement, and the accompanying report, of 19 January set out clearly the Government's analysis of, and response to, issues concerning child protection and List 99, together with the action we are currently taking.

Sex Offenders

David Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people on the list of registered sex offenders have been employed in schools in each year since 1997.

Ruth Kelly: holding answer 12 January 2006
	My statement and accompanying report explain the work under way to establish how many people on the list of registered sex offenders are currently employed in schools. We are carrying out follow up work with local Multi Agency Protection Panels, which include the police.

Audible Fire Alarms

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of the premises occupied by his Department is fitted with audible fire alarms.

Nick Ainger: All rooms/areas occupied by The Wales Office are fitted with audible fire alarms.

Railways

Peter Law: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on development of passenger train links between Cardiff and Ebbw Vale.

Nick Ainger: My right hon. Friend discusses Transport matters in Wales regularly with the Secretary of State for Transport. The Welsh Assembly Government is providing almost £28 million for the Ebbw Valley railway project to accommodate passenger services between Ebbw Vale, Cardiff and Newport. I understand that an hourly service from Ebbw Vale to Cardiff will start in 2007.

Child Support Agency

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many prosecutions have been brought by the Child Support Agency under section 14A of the 1991 Act in each year since 31 January 2001; how many convictions have been obtained in relation to those prosecutions; and what the average fine imposed by the courts was for such offences in each year.

James Plaskitt: The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the Chief Executive, Mr. Stephen Geraghty. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
	Letter from Stephen Geraghty, dated 9 January 2006
	In reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the Child Support Agency the Secretary of State promised a substantive reply from the Chief Executive.
	You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many prosecutions have been brought by the Child Support Agency under section 14A of the 1991 Act in each year since 31 January 2001 to date; how many convictions have been obtained in relation to those prosecutions; and what the averaged fine imposed by the courts was for such offences in each year.
	I have provided the relevant information in the attached table.
	I hope you find this response helpful.
	
		Numbers of prosecutions and convictions under Section 14A £
		
			 Section 14 Prosecutions 2001 2002 2003 2004 January-31 October 2005 Total 
		
		
			 Prosecutions 0 16 233 196 313 758 
			 Found guilty 0 16 231 195 306 748 
			 Total amount of fines issued 0 4,080 42,735 32,275 70,288 149,378 
			 Conditional discharges 0 5 22 25 28 80 
			 Absolute discharge 0 0 0 1 5 6 
			 Deferred sentence 0 0 0 1 0 1 
			 Average fine 0 370.91 204.47 192.11 257.47 225.99 
		
	
	Notes:
	1. The average fines have been calculated using the total fines imposed divided by the number of convictions (excluding the conditional and absolute discharges).
	2. The maximum fine that can be imposed upon a person found guilty of an offence under Sections 14A(2) and 14A(3) of the Child Support Act 1991 is £1,000.

Housing Benefit

James McGovern: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost of housing benefit was in each of the past three years for which records are available.

James Plaskitt: The information is in the table.
	
		
			  £ 
			  Total housing benefit 
		
		
			 2002–03 12,672,020,416 
			 2003–04 12,349,634,512 
			 2004–05 13,170,618,972 
		
	
	Notes:
	1. Figures are for Great Britain.
	2. Final figures for 2004–05 are not yet available and are subject to change.
	Source:
	Subsidy claims data.

Department for Rural Development

Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will break down the Department for Rural Development's Roads Service Budget for 2006–07 by main budget heading.

Shaun Woodward: The chief executive of Roads Service (Dr. Malcolm McKibbin) has been asked to write to the hon. Gentleman in response to this question.
	Letter from Dr. Malcolm McKibbin, dated 19 January 2006
	You recently asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland a parliamentary question regarding the break down of the Department for Rural Development's Roads Service Budget for 2006–07 by main budget heading. I have been asked to reply as these issues fall within my responsibility as Chief Executive of Roads Service, an agency within the Department for Regional Development.
	The following table gives the analysis of the Roads Service budget for 2006–07.
	
		Budget 2006–07 £ million
		
			  Amount 
		
		
			 Admin 76.0 
			 Other resource 93.9 
			 Capital 107.9 
		
	
	It should be noted however, that these amounts are subject to amendment as a result of the in-year budget monitoring rounds, which form part of the public expenditure process.
	I hope this information is helpful.

Departmental Staff

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of jobs in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body, (ii) executive agency and (iii) other public body for which his Department is responsible are located in (A) Scotland, (B) England, excluding Greater London, (C) Greater London, (D) Wales, (E) Northern Ireland and (F) overseas.

Charles Clarke: The number and percentage of jobs in (a) Home Office, (b) each (i) non-departmental public body, (ii) executive agency and (iii) other public body for which the Home Office is responsible are located in (A) Scotland, (B) England, excluding Greater London, (c) Greater England, (D) Wales, (E) Northern Ireland and (F) overseas, are listed in the following table:
	
		
			  (A) Scotland (B)England Excluding GL (C) Greater London (D) Wales (E) Northern Ireland (F) Overseas No location(14) 
		
		
			 (a) Department
			 CORE Home Office 0 681.06 3,781.30 2.8 0 2 14 
			 Percentage — 15.20 84.40 0.05 — 0.04 0.31 
			 
			 Prison Service 0 40,418 5,725 980 0 0 0 
			 Percentage 0 86 12 2 — — — 
			 
			 UKPS 289 1,581 673 370 153 0 0 
			 Percentage 9 52 22 12 5 — — 
			 
			 IND 277.05 6,484.70 10,369.08 90.31 16 75.12 218.64 
			 Percentage 2 37 59 0.50 0.10 0.40 1 
			 
			 (b)(i) NDPBs
			 Criminal Case Review Commission (CCRC) 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Percentage — 100 — — — — — 
			 
			 Community Development Foundation (CDF) 17 14 29 2 0 0 0 
			 Percentage 27 23 47 3 — — — 
			 
			 Central Police Training and Development (CENREX) 0 1,139 55 72 0 0 0 
			 Percentage — 90 4 6 — — — 
			 
			 Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) 360 0 155 0 0 0 0 
			 Percentage 70 — 30 — — — — 
			 
			 Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel (CICAP) 29 0 35 0 0 0 0 
			 Percentage 45 — 55 — — — — 
			 
			 Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) 11 32 175 11 0 0 0 
			 Percentage 5 14 76 5 — — — 
			 
			 Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) 0 120 224 41 0 0 0 
			 Percentage — 31 58 11 — — — 
			 
			 National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) (15)— (15)— (15)— (15)— (15)— (15)— (15)1,087 
			 National Crime Squad (NCS) (15)— (15)— (15)— (15)— (15)— (15)— (15)1,850 
			 
			 Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) 0 0 62 0 0 0 0 
			 Percentage — — 100 — — — — 
			 
			 Parole Board 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 
			 Percentage — — 100 — — — — 
			 
			 Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO) 2 0. 63 754 0 0 0 0 
			 Percentage 0.30 7.70 92 — — — — 
			 
			 Security Industry Authority (SIA) 0 26 70 3 0 0 0 
			 Percentage — 26 71 3 — — — 
			 
			 Youth Justice Board (YJB) 0 38 170 4 0 0 0 
			 Percentage — 18 80 2 — — — 
			 
			 (ii) Executive agencies
			 Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) 0 396 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Percentage — 99.70 0.30 — — — — 
			 
			 (iii) Public Bodies
			 Forensic Science Services (FSS) 0 1,886 455 212 0 0 0 
			 Percentage — 74 18 8 — — — 
		
	
	(14) Staff on long term leave, or in transit between posts where no location is centrally recorded, or where location is withheld for reasons of security, such as in respect of animal inspectorate.
	(15) For operational reasons it would not be appropriate to disclose geographical allocation of staff in respect of NCS and NCIS.

Immigration and Nationality Directorate

David Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the immigration and nationality directorate will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Aylesbury of 23 September 2005 to the immigration and nationality directorate about the case of Ms V.E.S. of Aylesbury (reference S1198241 and B22849/5).

Tony McNulty: The director general of the immigration and nationality directorate wrote to my hon. friend on 18 January.

Ministry of Defence Stores

Jonathan Djanogly: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total gross replacement value of Ministry of Defence stores lodged with its contractors and subsequently found to be either lost or otherwise not available for use for Ministry of Defence purposes was in each quarter since January 1999; and what costs have been recovered by his Department in respect of such stores.

Adam Ingram: holding answer 18 January 2006
	The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	However, detailed as follows are the financial recoveries notified to the Department's Asset Accounting Centre (AAC) during the period April 2000 to December 2005.
	
		
			 Financial year Financial recoveries 
		
		
			 2000–01  
			 Qtr 1 (16)— 
			 Qtr 2 (16)— 
			 Qtr 3 4,349 
			 Qtr 4 350,365 
			   
			 2001–02  
			 Qtr 1 5,50101 
			 Qtr 2 11,0745 
			 Qtr 3 79,449 
			 Qtr 4 259,171 
			 2002–03  
			 Qtr 1 1,252,077 
			 Qtr 2 1,523,927 
			 Qtr3 50,022 
			 Qtr4 501,329 
			   
			 2003–04  
			 Qtr 1 249,250 
			 Qtr 2 133,322 
			 Qtr 3 149,011 
			 Qtr 4 146,153 
			   
			 2004–05  
			 Qtr 1 536,727 
			 Qtr2 28,390 
			 Qtr 3 171,071 
			 Qtr 4 799,193 
			   
			 2005–06  
			 Qtr 1 74,497 
			 Qtr 2 727,390 
			 Qtr 3 457,096 
		
	
	(16) No recoveries notified

Nuclear Operations (RAF Lakenheath)

Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  what procedures are in place to ensure that US aircraft based at RAF Lakenheath only carry out nuclear operations with the consent of the British Government;
	(2)  whether he has had any discussions with the US Administration following the leaking of the draft Joint Doctrine for Nuclear Operations concerning US strategies for using US nuclear weapons stored at RAF Lakenheath;
	(3)  whether he has power of veto over the operational use of US nuclear weapons based at RAF Lakenheath;
	(4)  what procedures are in place to monitor US activity involving the (a) nuclear weapons and (b) aircraft based at RAF Lakenheath.

Adam Ingram: It is Government policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons at any particular location or any particular time.
	I can however confirm that HMG has to be fully consulted and agree before any UK-based US forces are deployed operationally. The Joint Churchill-Truman Communiqué of January 1952 stated:
	"Under arrangements made for the common defence, the United States has the use of certain bases in the United Kingdom. We reaffirm the understanding that the use of these bases in an emergency would be a matter for joint decision by HM Government and the US Government in the light of the circumstances prevailing at the time."
	There have not been any discussions with the US Administration following the leaking of a draft of a revised US Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations.

QinetiQ

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library the information upon which the decision to sell off the remaining Government stake in Qinetiq was taken.

John Reid: The decision to float Qinetiq was taken by the Government, Carlyle and Qinetiq, informed by the advice from our joint financial advisers. This advice was given under contractually committed confidentiality agreements, and I am therefore unable to release it. It remains the Government's intention to retain a stake in Qinetiq after the flotation.

QinetiQ

James Duddridge: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the value is of the land owned by (a) his Department and (b) Qinetiq in Rochford and Southend East constituency.

Don Touhig: The value of the land owned by the Ministry of Defence in the Rochford and Southend East has been recorded as £11.5 million in existing use (that is depreciated replacement costs) terms. Land owned by QinetiQ, is an operational matter for the company; questions should be referred to the Chief Executive at the following address:
	Graham Love
	Chief Executive
	QinetiQ Limited
	Cody Technology Park
	Building Al
	Ively Road
	Farnborough
	Hampshire
	GU14 0LX

Acute Trusts

Francis Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average length of stay was for patients in (a) acute trusts, (b) Surrey and Sussex health authority area and (c) England in the last year for which figures are available.

Liam Byrne: The data requested is shown in the table.
	
		
			 Mean length of spell in days national health service hospitals in England 2004–05 Mean length of stay in days 
		
		
			 (a) Acute Trusts 5.3 
			 (b1) Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority  (SHA) of Residence 7.6 
			 (b2) Surrey and Sussex SHA of Treatment 7.9 
			 (c) England 7.1 
		
	
	Notes:
	1. The mean length of stay in (b1) is based on the patients that were resident in Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority (SHA) area and (b2) is based on the patients that were treated in Surrey and Sussex SHA area.
	2. A length of spell is defined as a period of in-patient care within one health care provider that commences with the patient's admission and ends on the date of discharge. It may comprise of one or more finished consultant episodes.
	3. A length of stay (LOS) is calculated as the difference in days between the admission date and the discharge date, where both are given. LOS is based on hospital spells and only applies to ordinary admissions, i.e. day cases are excluded. Information relating to LOS figures, including discharge method or destination, diagnoses and any operative procedures, is based only on the final episode of the spell.
	4. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data, that is, the data is ungrossed.
	Source:
	Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre

Alcohol Licensing

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the exemption under Part One, Clause 3, sub-section (2)(b) of the proposed Health Bill will apply to bingo club premises holding a premises licence under the Licensing Act 2003 allowing the consumption of alcohol on the premises, providing that food is not supplied.

Caroline Flint: The very specific circumstances of a bingo club as described in the question are not detailed on the face of the Bill.
	We will give this point due consideration in drafting regulations.

Community Care Services

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many service users of social services departments have been in receipt of direct payments in each year since 1997; and how many adults receiving community care services provided by social services departments there were in each year since 1997.

Liam Byrne: The table shows the number of people aged 18 and over receiving community based services as at 31 March for the years 2001 to 2005 in England and the number from these totals who received direct payments. Data is not available for the earlier years.
	
		Number of adults(19) receiving community based services(20) and direct payments at 31 March, 2001–05—England
		
			  At 31 March:  Total(19) Of whom received direct payments 
		
		
			 2001 941,200 4,000 
			 2002 968,400 5,300 
			 2003(21) 982,100 8,600 
			 2004(21) 994,400 14,000 
			 2005(21)(22) (23)980700 22,100 
		
	
	(19) Adults aged 18 and over.
	(20) Community based services includes day care, meals, respite care, direct payments, professional support, transport and equipment as well as home care.
	(21) Data includes clients formerly in receipt of preserved rights.
	(22) Data for 2005 are provisional.
	(23) Data on the number of people receiving community based services in 2005 is not comparable to data for previous years. In 2005 restated guidance was issued to exclude people receiving services from grant-funded organisations who had not had a community care assessment.
	Note:
	Figures may not sum due to rounding.
	Source:
	RAP proforma P2s, KS1

Dentistry

Philip Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on (a) NHS dentistry and (b) the NHS as a whole in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available.

Rosie Winterton: The main elements of national health service dental services are the primary care services provided through the general dental services (GDS). In addition, a significant proportion of primary dental care is now provided by dentists working within the personal dental services (PDS) under new local commissioning arrangements agreed with primary care trusts. These elements, together with total NHS expenditure, are shown in the table. Net PDS expenditure is shown as an estimated range because the 2004–05 accounts format did not permit a precise identification of PCTs' net expenditure on PDS separate from other elements of discretionary health expenditure.
	PCTs also commission community and hospital dental services to provide oral health programmes, or care to patients with special needs or more complex dental problems, but expenditure on these services is not separately identified in central returns.
	
		NHS net expenditure: NHS, GDS, PDS £ million
		
			  1997–98(24) 2004–05(25) 
		
		
			 Net NHS expenditure: England(26) 34,664 69,706 
			 Net GDS expenditure: England 959 1,246 
			 Estimated net PDS expenditure:  England 0 225–250 
		
	
	(24) 1997–98 expenditure is on a cash basis.
	(25) 2004–05 expenditure is on a stage two resource budgeting basis and is therefore not directly comparable with the 1997–98 data.
	(26) Total NHS expenditure data are shown net of all sources of income. GDS and PDS data are shown net of dental charges paid by patients.

Dentistry

Peter Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists were admitting new NHS patients on 1 December 2005 in (a) England, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) Wellingborough.

Rosie Winterton: Data regarding the number of dentists admitting new national health service patients is not available centrally. Individual primary care trusts should be able to provide this information for their local areas.

Genito-urinary Medicine Clinics

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of attenders at genitor-urinary medicine clinics were not given an appointment within two weeks in the most recent period for which figures are available.

Caroline Flint: The most recent audit of waiting times for genitor-urinary medicine (GUM) clinics, for which data are available, was carried out in August 2005. This audit showed that 21 per cent. of attendees at GUM clinics were not seen within two weeks. However, some of these patients will have been offered an earlier appointment but been unable to attend.
	A summary of August 2005 data is published on the Health Protection Agency website at the following web address: www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/hiv_and_sti/epidemiology/wtimes.htm.
	Overall, the number of attendees at GUM clinics being offered an appointment within 48 hours in England increased from 45 per cent. in May 2005 to 48 per cent. in August 2005.

Influenza Vaccine

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the uptake rate for free influenza vaccine has been in each at-risk group in 2005–06; and what the rate was in each year since 1997–98.

Caroline Flint: Data on flu vaccine uptake in the over 65 age group was first collected from the start of the flu campaign in 2000 when we introduced the programme to vaccinate the over 65s. Uptake in this group over for the last five years is shown in the table.
	
		Flu uptake, December 2000 to October 2005
		
			 Position at end December: Uptake (%) 
		
		
			 2000 65.3 
			 2001 67.7 
			 2002 68.5 
			 2003 71.0 
			 2004 71.5 
			 October 2005 49 
		
	
	Data on vaccine uptake in those under 65 years of age in a medical risk group has only been collected since 2004. Vaccine uptake data in these groups was 43 per cent. by the end of December 2004.
	Data on vaccine uptake by individual medical risk group was started this year. By the end of October 2005, 25 per cent. of at-risk people under 65 years of age had been vaccinated.
	
		Vaccine uptake in those under 65 years of age within each risk group was:
		
			  Percentage 
		
		
			 Chronic respiratory disease, including asthma 21 
			 Chronic heart disease 29 
			 Chronic renal disease 21 
			 Chronic liver disease 10 
			 Diabetes 37 
			 Immunosuppression 18

Intensive Care

Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to her answer of 6 December 2005, what data on intensive care units is available to the emergency beds service.

Liam Byrne: The national intensive care bed information service holds information about whether a hospital has facilities to support general intensive and high dependency care. The service also holds information on whether a hospital can provide specialist critical care to treat, for example, serious burn injuries, neurological conditions, serious head injuries, adverse reactions to drugs and poisons, renal failure, liver failure, spinal injuries and other critical conditions. The service holds unvalidated, snapshot management information on the number of intensive care beds reported as staffed; open; occupied and available.

Mental Health Services

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2005, Official Report, column 1565W, on antidepressants, if she will provide the information broken down by the following age groups: (a) 0 to 15 years, (b) 16 to 18 years and in full-time education and (c) people aged 60 years and over.

Liam Byrne: Aged-based prescription data is available only for the exemption categories as shown in the following tables. The data refers to the quantity prescribed and the cost to the national health service in England for each antidepressant in 2004–05. Data is not available for other years.
	
		Table 1: Antidepressant quantities prescribed on the NHS in England 2004–05 for charge-exempt age categories
		
			  Number of NHS prescriptions in England 2004–05 
			 Name of antidepressant 0–15 years 16 to 18 years and in full-time education 60 years and over 
		
		
			 Amitriptyline Embonate 0 0 18 
			 Amitriptyline Hydrochloride 18,284 15,912 2,737,111 
			 Amoxapine 0 0 1,441 
			 Citalopram Hydrobromide 9,627 25,861 1,783,585 
			 Clomipramine Hydrochloride 1,356 945 157,195 
			 Desipramine Hydrochloride 0 0 10 
			 Dosulepin Hydrochloride 2,672 5,607 1,239,658 
			 Doxepin 144 371 77,104 
			 Escitalopram 1,751 6,341 250,768 
			 Fluoxetine Hydrochloride 26,422 40,991 1,163,009 
			 Flupentixol Hydrochloride 480 739 109,057 
			 Fluvoxamine Maleate 533 445 8,703 
			 Imipramine Hydrochloride 10,896 1,392 131,384 
			 Iproniazid 0 0 0 
			 Isocarboxazid 0 0 2,840 
			 Lofepramine Hydrochloride 1,075 2,576 235,138 
			 Maprotiline Hydrochloride 20 81 7,472 
			 Mianserin Hydrochloride 0 0 16,244 
			 Mirtazapine 1,596 3,072 461,135 
			 Moclobemide 20 79 10,426 
			 Nefazodone Hydrochloride 0 0 1,295 
			 Nortriptyline 564 343 85,906 
			 Other Preparations 0 0 0 
			 Oxitriptan 2 0 0 
			 Paroxetine Hydrochloride 2,601 4,290 699,456 
			 Phenelzine Sulphate 20 20 15,556 
			 Protriptyline Hydrochloride 0 0 0 
			 Reboxetine 2 9 539 
			 Sertraline Hydrochloride 10,457 12,395 696,421 
			 Tranylcypromine Sulphate 40 20 11,095 
			 Trazodone Hydrochloride 943 1,373 280,134 
			 Trimipramine Maleate 382 241 100,877 
			 Tryptophan 20 20 1,774 
			 Venlafaxine 2,913 8,037 1,007,590 
			 Total 92,820 131,159 11,292,941 
		
	
	
		Table 2: Costs for antidepressants prescribed in England 2004–05 for charge-exempt age categories
		
			  Cost of NHS prescriptions in England 2004–05 (£) 
			 Name of antidepressant 0 to 15 years 16 to 18 years and in full-time education 60 years and over 
		
		
			 Amitriptyline Embonate 0.00 0.00 79.53 
			 Amitriptyline Hydrochloride 6,473.63 29,724.31 5,043,584.32 
			 Amoxapine 0.00 0.00 19,026.28 
			 Citalopram Hydrobromide 171,030.39 433,873.22 27,890,019.25 
			 Clomipramine Hydrochloride 5,347.53 4,430.61 804,550.83 
			 Desipramine Hydrochloride 0.00 0.00 433.18 
			 Dosulepin Hydrochloride 8,833.79 17,562.96 4,522,827.49 
			 Doxepin 286.83 506.97 158,515.61 
			 Escitalopram 37,252.23 122,835.24 4,608,998.31 
			 Fluoxetine Hydrochloride 204,598.43 202,509.17 4,484,031.00 
			 Flupentixol Hydrochloride 1,027.75 2,036.23 330,810.78 
			 Fluvoxamine Maleate 8,634.24 8,405.73 195,849.62 
			 Imipramine Hydrochloride 29,999.15 4,049.12 378,914.75 
			 Iproniazid 0.00 0.00 0.00 
			 Isocarboxazid 0.00 0.00 123,693.77 
			 Lofepramine Hydrochloride 11,012.53 24,204.80 2,386,055.58 
			 Maprotiline Hydrochloride 539.72 910.48 56,736.44 
			 Mianserin Hydrochloride 0.00 0.00 121,053.08 
			 Mirtazapine 34,075.57 63,365.45 9,498,218.88 
			 Moclobemide 137.72 959.88 209,039.98 
			 Nefazodone Hydrochloride 0.00 0.00 30,432.85 
			 Nortriptyline 4,779.73 2,964.45 691,438.62 
			 Other Preparations 0.00 0.00 0.00 
			 Oxitriptan 999.33 0.00 0.00 
			 Paroxetine Hydrochloride 49,834.47 82,321.27 10,282,366.48 
			 Phenelzine Sulphate 717.92 394.89 277,699.67 
			 Protriptyline Hydrochloride 0.00 0.00 0.00 
			 Reboxetine 47.28 138.06 8,880.03 
			 Sertraline Hydrochloride 271,203.71 300,393.36 14,950,213.87 
			 Tranylcypromine Sulphate 921.88 438.96 148,245.40 
			 Trazodone Hydrochloride 7,587.43 13,773.85 3,311,005.90 
			 Trimipramine Maleate 3,900.29 1,967.10 1,373,059.80 
			 Tryptophan 521.79 4.60 43,975.80 
			 Venlafaxine 99,938.48 264,447.15 33,149,022.21

NHS-funded Operations

Paul Truswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS-funded operations have been commissioned from the private healthcare sector in the last five years for patients living in (a) Leeds, (b) each strategic health authority area and (c) England, broken down by specialty.

Liam Byrne: Information on the number of operations commissioned centrally from the independent sector for national health service patients nationally and by strategic health authority is shown in the table. Information is not available by area of residence or relating to operations commissioned locally.
	
		
			   Program name   Strategic health authority   Specialties Total procedures over contract period 
		
		
			 East Cornwall South West Peninsula General Surgery, Urology, Trauma and orthopaedics, ENT, Oral surgery, General medicine, Gastroenterology, Cardiology, Dermatology, Thoracic medicine, Rheumatology, Paediatrics, Gynaecology, Dietetics, Physio assessment, Ophthalmology, Plastic Surgery 26,767 
			 
			 East Lincs Trent Ophthalmology, urology, hernias, varicose veins, colonoscopies and minor skin 7,263 
			 
			 West Lincs Trent Ophthalmology, gastroscopies, colonoscopies, orthopaedic, urology and minor skin 6,365 
			 
			 North Oxford (Norton) Thames Valley Orthopaedics 11,197 
			 
			 NEYNL North and East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire General Surgery, Trauma and orthopaedics 9,964 
			 
			 Southampton Hampshire and Isle of Wight Orthopaedics 11,468 
			 
			 Northumberland Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Upper scopes, hernias, varicose veins, minor skin 10,080 
			 
			 TV3500 Thames Valley General Surgery, Urology, Trauma and orthopaedics, Dermatology, Gynaecology 5,735 
			   Orthopaedics 3,345 
			   General Surgery, Urology, Trauma and orthopaedics, Dermatology, Gynaecology 8,337 
			 
			 GC4 West Surrey (tba) Surrey and Sussex Orthopaedics 0 
			 Kidderminster West Midlands South Orthopaedics 9,000 
			 
			 Cheshire and Merseyside Cheshire and Merseyside Orthopaedics 24,817 
			 
			 Nottingham Trent Orthopaedic, Gynaecology, General surgical, Dermatology, Endoscopies, Oral Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Chronic Pain 110,700 
			 
			 Maidstone Kent and Medway Chemotherapy, minor surgery and endoscopes 55,589 
			 
			 Outer North East London (BHRT) North East London Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, ENT, Oral, General Surgery, Urology 56,043 
			 
			 Brighton Surrey and Sussex Orthopaedics 26,451 
			 
			 Medway Kent and Medway General Surgery, Gastroenterology, ENT, Orthopaedics, Urology, Diagnostics—endoscopy only 19,770 
			 
			 Portsmouth Hampshire and Isle of Wight Walk in centre/minor injuries unit, day surgery, diagnostics, ophthalmology 34,155 
			 
			 Lister Surgical centre Beds and Herts Paed, paed ENT, endoscope, urology, ophthalmology, gynaecology and other specialities 72,477 
			 
			 Hemel Hampstead Surgi centre Beds and Herts Paed, paed ENT, endoscope, urology, ophthalmology, gynaecology and other specialities 63,636 
			 
			 Bradford West Yorkshire General Surgery, Gastroenterology, ENT, Gynae, Ophthalmics, Orthopaedics, Plastics, Urology, Oral Surgery, Ultrasound scans—general, Ultrasound scans—doppler, CT scans, MRI scans, Plain films and x-rays, Fluoroscopy 27,416 
			 
			 Burton Shropshire and Staffordshire General Surgery, ENT, Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Plastics, Urology, Oral Surgery, Rheumatology, Pain procedures, Ophthalmology 64,814 
			 
			 Trent and South Yorkshire Trent Orthopaedics 22,000 
			 
			 Daventry Leicestershire, Northampton and Rutland Ophthalmology, Upper GI endoscopies, Sigmoidscopy, Orthopaedics, Dermatology, Urology 5,959 
			 
			 Shepton Mallet Dorset and Somerset Orthopaedics, ophthalmology, general surgery and endoscopy 56,242 
			 
			 Greater Manchester Greater Manchester Orthopaedic, general surgery and ENT 44,863 
			 
			 Plymouth South West Peninsula Orthopaedics 16,512 
			 
			 
			 Ophthalmic Chain Cheshire and Merseyside; Cumbria and Lancashire; Dorset and Somerset; Hampshire and Isle of Wight; Kent and Medway; Northumberland, Tyne and Wear; South West Peninsula; Surrey and Sussex; Thames Valley Ophthalmology 44,737 
			 
			 
			 GSUP1 n/a Orthopaedic, ophthalmic, general surgery, ENT, plastic surgery 26,698 
			 
			 GSUP2 n/a Orthopaedic, general surgery 12,167 
			 
			 England total   894,567

Obesity (Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in Westmorland and Lonsdale aged (a) under 20, (b) 20 to 29, (c) 30 to 39, (d) 40 to 50 and (e) over 50 years are estimated to be clinically obese.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 17 January 2006
	The information is not available in the format requested. However, national data is shown in the table.
	
		Prevalence of adults aged 16 and over who have a body mass index (BMI) over 30, by sex and age range (England, 2004) Percentage
		
			 Sex Men Women 
		
		
			 16–24 7.9 12.2 
			 25–34 17.9 17.9 
			 35–44 25.2 23.6 
			 45–54 29.6 25.8 
			 55–64 30.1 32.2 
			 65–74 27.8 28.2 
			 75+ 19 20.3 
			 Total 22.7 23.8 
		
	
	Notes:
	1. The figures are based on weighted data.
	2. The main source of data on the prevalence of obesity is the Health Survey for England (HSE). The sample size of the Health Survey does not allow figures to be produced to the level of parliamentary constituencies. For adults (aged 16 and over) figures are presented for England and Government office regions (GOR). Information is provided for the GOR which covers Westmorland and Lonsdale. For children (aged two to 15) national figures are presented using the national BMI percentile classification.
	3. The data presented are the most recent available. The available information is presented in this table, using the results of the HSE for 2002, 2003 and 2004. The method in which overweight and obesity is calculated is different for adults and for children (see background notes 3 and 4 for details).
	4. We are not able to identify how many people are estimated to be clinically obese, but are able to supply an estimate of the prevalence of obesity among children aged two to 15 and adults aged 16 and over.
	Source:
	Health Survey for England 2004: The Health of Minority Ethnic Groups, NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre.

Outpatient Waiting Lists

Stephen Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance her Department issues on the compilation of out-patient waiting lists.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 12 January 2006
	The Department issued Getting patients treated: the Waiting List Action Team Handbooks August 1999, which gives practical guidance on managing and recording waiting lists. It makes clear that clinical priority must be the main determinant of when patients are seen. The handbook is available on the Department's website at: www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/05/11/03/04051103.pdf.

Pregnancy Related Deaths

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2005, Official Report, column 1199W, on pregnancy-related deaths, if she will break down the figures by primary care trust for each year for which this information is available.

Liam Byrne: This information is not available centrally. The data provided previously was taken from the confidential inquiry into maternal deaths, which collects information relating to women dying from pregnancy-related conditions. The data is anonymised with no address details available.